By Adeniyi Samuel (@seynx)
Manager Arsene Wenger started his three match UEFA ban today thereby paving way for assistant manager Steve Bould to take charge of the team for the first time this season. Steve Bould made just three changes from the starting lineup that spanked Southampton during the weekend.
Vito Mannone replaced injured Wojciech Szczeny as Per Mertesacker, Thomas Vermaelen, Kieran Gibbs and Carl Jenkinson completed the back line. Abou Diaby was passed fit to start. Mikel Arteta, Santi Cazorla and Gervinho were the guys for the middle, while Lukas Podolski and Montpellier old boy Olivier Giroud were the front two.